by Brad Friedman | Social Media
The first time a post about Twitter appeared on my blog was March 2009. My, how time and Tweets fly. With 500 million registered users and 33 billion Tweets flying across the Twittersphere every day, Twitter has become a member of our family and a major part of our daily online experience. While many struggle to understand its worth, Twitter has become the most efficient global information network on the planet. Maybe some facts and figures will help put all this into perspective. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media
Occasionally people call to ask how they can break into the social media workplace. More and more people are looking at entry into this field as more and more companies look to hire skilled professionals who will help them increase revenue through social media marketing. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media |
About ten days ago I wrote a post about corporate blogging. My premise was that the corporate blog was a bit of a different beast than the individual blog. The corporate blog requires some thought and planning. As a follow-up, I'd like to share this post with you. The premise of this post is that corporate blogging is on the decline. If that is so, it's too bad and likely the result of a lack of planning on the part of the corporations who have stopped blogging. I continue to maintain corporate bloging in important for corporations to connect with their customers.
by Brad Friedman | General Business Advice, Social Media
2011 was a big year for social media. The “Big Three,” Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn got bigger. Hundreds, maybe thousands of other social networks flourished. One would be hard=pressed to make the case that social media is still just a fad. Instead, it's become clear social media is here to stay. It has fundamentally changed the way we do business and the way we document our everyday lives. One in every nine people on Earth are on Facebook and people spend over 700 billion minutes a month sharing photos and status updates. As 2011 comes to a close, I thought I'd share a few tips for you to implement in 2012. (more…)
by Brad Friedman | Social Media |
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I can't believe I'm writing this post. I really can't. Every day there is something to read about how the Internet is a wide open platform, open to everyone and anyone who wants to use this gigantic blank canvas to express themselves and exercise their free speech rights. So, it was with total shock and dismay that I learned this week a blog post I wrote last week was plagiarized. TWICE! Now I'm not talking about someone lifting my idea, a sentence, or even a paragraph from the post. My post was copied, word for word and pasted on a website where they took credit for the writing. In the other instance, large portions of the post were translated to Spanish and posted on a website. Why would someone do this instead of taking advantage of their unfettered ability to express themselves? (more…)
